Sterling Heights police report crime for Tuesday

A man living in the 14000 block of 15 Mile road, east of Schoenherr Road in Sterling Heights, told police someone stole his vehicle, according to a report released by Sterling Heights police Lt. Luke Riley.

The man said he dropped off his wife at work and parked his vehicle. He came back 3 hours later and couldn’t find it.

The man told police he has both sets of keys and didn’t give anyone permission to use it. There was no broken glass where the vehicle was parked between 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.

The following day a man told police someone stole his vehicle while he was inside of MJR Theaters located in the 15 Mile Road/Van Dyke area, according to Riley. The victim said his vehicle is paid off and he has his keys.

There were no signs of forced entry in the area where the vehicle was parked, Riley said. Police said they would check the movie theater’s surveillance tapes to see if cameras captured the theft.

Also, an employee of Firestone, 36797 Van Dyke Avenue south of Metropolitan Parkway, told Sterling Heights offices that he arrived at work Sunday morning and discovered that the bay door on the north side of the building had been damaged, according to police reports. A vehicle had driven into the door which was pushed in about a foot and a half.

Riley reported nothing appeared to be missing.

A man living in the 14000 block of Emerson Drive in the Moravian Drive/15 Mile Road area, said someone caused considerable damage by driving over 20 yards of his front lawn sod.

The man said this is the 3rd time in the past two years that he has experienced this type of vandalism. In the past to try to stop the vandalism the man placed boulders in various places but that hasn’t worked.

A man living in the 12000 block of Strawberry Lane in the Van Dyke-Hall Road area, said someone broke out the entire rear window of his vehicle while it was parked in his residence parking lot. The man told police the window “spider-webbed” throughout but remained intact.

Investigators feel the damage was done with a baseball bat or similar blunt object.

The incident occurred sometime after 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.